On Thu, 09 Jan 2014, Maurice Kinal wrote to mark lewis:
ml> how do you figure that it is bogus?
MK> The lack of the '+' character where applicable.
that doesn't make it bogus... the '+' is simply not required in the FTN spec of TZUTC for positive offsets... i suppose you'll next be saying that the TLE (Two Line Element) format of satellite tracking data is also bogus since it doesn't require a '+' for positive numbers??
ml> in what way?
MK> Not correcting for DST or even worse correcting for DST when it is MK> a fact their particular timezone doesn't have DST. What is the MK> deal with that?
what do you mean "not correcting for DST"?? TZUTC doesn't correct for DST... it only states the offset from UTC/GMT... if a system's TZUTC has to be manually set, then your argument is with the operator of that system... not the spec...
ml> you just like yanking chains and stirring the pot
MK> Possibly.
:lol: no possibility about it ;)
MK> On that note, how come your FTN software isn't generating a TZUTC MK> kludge
which software? on which of my systems? you'll have to show me the address and control lines...
MK> and since it isn't why isn't it?
unknown without more investigation... but a quick answer is that since it isn't required, it isn't there by default [shrug]
MK> And while I am at it, is the answer to the previous question MK> documented anywhere? ;-)
what previous answer? why does it, whatever that answer was, have to be documented?
)\/(ark
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